 First English-language edition | |
| Author | Hjalmar Söderberg |
|---|---|
| Original title | Den allvarsamma leken |
| Translator | Eva Claeson |
| Language | Swedish |
| Publisher | Albert Bonniers förlag (Swedish) Marion Boyars (English) |
Publication date | 1912 |
| Publication place | Sweden |
Published in English | 2001 |
| Pages | 422 |
The Serious Game (Swedish: Den allvarsamma leken) is a 1912 novel by Hjalmar Söderberg. It tells the story of a man and a woman who fall in love when young, and remain in love, but stay separated and marry others.
Three Swedish films based on the book have been produced: Den allvarsamma leken (1945), Games of Love and Loneliness (1977) and A Serious Game (2016).